Abstract: Electronic transport of a two-probe system consisting of Au (111) electrodes and two base pairs sandwiched between Au (111) contacts is investigated with density functional theory combined with non-equilibrium Green's function method.It shows that conductance of base pairs is sensitive to distance between electrodes and oscillates.At a fixed gap between electrodes,transverse transport of base pairs under low bias is calculated and is compared with base pairs with a silver ion.It shows that conductive capability of G-C decreases and that of A-T increases as silver ions are combined with base pairs.

Key words: I-V characteristics, DNA base pair, non-equilibrium Green's function method